Historical Study & Educational Resources

Amagisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy, Ramachandra Guha's ...

When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill, as Sea Lord for the British, conceived a plan: smash through the Dardanelle...

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained wit...

With the 2006 publication of The God Delusion, the name Richard Dawkins became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, im...

Few historians have done more to change the way we see the history of modern times than Eric Hobsbawm. From his early books on the Industrial Revolution an...

A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray.\Born in...

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory is a groundbreaking scientific work written by Albert Einstein, one of the most renowned physicists of all ti...

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer offers an unprecedented look at the culture of excess in the elite community of Palm Beach. Publishers We...

The entry for kvetchn (the verbal form) in Uriel Weinreich's Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary reads simply: press, squeeze, pinch; strain...

The Roaring Twenties - the Jazz Age - has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, ...

National Bestseller Npr Best Book Of 2017 “not All Superheroes Wear Capes, And Elizebeth Smith Friedman Should Be The Subject Of A Future Wonder Woman Mov...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a good white person of liberal leanings must be in want of a Black friend. In the biting, hilarious vein of Wh...

Behind Most Major Political Stories There Is An Agenda: To Destroy An Idea Or The People Advancing It. Maybe You Watched Someone On The News Report That Don...

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manc...

Remember When Everything Was Looking Up? When The Government Was Running At A Surplus, Pollution Was Disappearing, Peace Was Breaking Out In The Middle East...

Fabulosity (n): 1: a state of everything that is fabulous 2: a quality ascribed to that which expresses glamour, style, charisma, power, and heart Kimora...

This rich and beautiful book takes readers from tropical forests to deserts, and from alpine mountains to English country gardens as it tours the most mag...

From the moment these two legendary players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle. In Celtic green ...

the Author Of The Bestselling the Greatest Generation Takes Us On A Tour Of The Turbulent 1960s, Blending His Personal Reflections With Firsthand Accounts ...

Boldly illustrated and superbly translated, Folk Legends from Tono captures the spirit of Japanese peasant culture undergoing rapid transformation into the ...

A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era—the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series K...

A textbook for GCSE modern world history students. The core content of the major GCSE specifications in this subject is covered through explanation and care...

Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano RooseveltCategories: History WorldWomen in History

Looking at the historical evolution of the central political institutions, and the social milieu surrounding them, this book helps to explain Britain's pree...

"An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today." ―Daily Express (UK) In Foundation...

From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles—just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Gran...

A surprising and lively history of an overlooked era that brought the modern world of art, culture, and science decisively into view. The Victorians are of...

The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in AmericaThe National Footba...

On December 3. 1999, the call crackled in to the men of Worchester, Massachusetts Fire Department: a three-alarm warehouse blaze in a six-story windowless c...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and m...

Ben Franklin saved the American Revolution by seducing French Women. A gay love affair between President James Buchanan and Senator William King aided the ...

A Painstakingly Researched, Revelatory Portrait Of The Soviet Dictator's Daughter Traces Her Formative Years In The Kremlin, The Losses Of Numerous Loved On...

A Memoir Of A City, An Industry, And A Dynasty In Decline, And The Story Of A Young Artist's Struggle To Find Her Way Out Of The Ruins. Frances Stroh's Earl...

The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford) Away from the frontlines of World War II, in...

An examination of the nature of power that offers creative alternatives for positive change in our personal lives, our communities, and our world.Categories...

The legendary icon tells his story—a tale of art, passion, commitment, addiction, as intense and hypnotic as the man himself. In a career spanning five d...

This unprecedented book by one of Britain’s most admired historians describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of history has had ...

Us : The City On A Hill -- Them : Heretic, Heathen, And Witch -- The Puritans Become America -- The Wrath Of God In Black And White -- Abolition! -- South :...

Dispatches From The New Britain: A Slyly Funny And Compulsively Readable Portrait Of A Nation Finally Refurbished For The Twenty-first Century. Naughty Boys...

An unprecedented look at that most commonplace act of everyday life-throwing things out-and how it has transformed American society. Susan Strasser's path...

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle ...

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth...

The majority of the world's population is religious or believes in supernatural phenomena. In the United States, nine out of every ten adults believe in Go...

Tourists Know Amsterdam As A Picturesque City Of Low-slung Brick Houses Lining Tidy Canals; Student Travelers Know It For Its Legal Brothels And Hash Bars; ...

From the front fly-leaf: "The television series 'Upstairs, Downstairs' -- a brilliant portrait of British life during the late nineteenth and early twentiet...

The Perfect St. Patrick's Day Gift, And A Book In The Best Tradition Of Popular History -- The Untold Story Of Ireland's Role In Maintaining Western Culture...

What Does It Take, Both Physically And Mentally, To Join The World’s Most Respected—and Feared—military Units? Lewis Looks At The Origins, Training, T...

The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK’s assassination—al...